Apparatus for distributing air.



No. 643,086. Patented Feb. 6,1900.

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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AIB.

(Application filed May 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JAMES OURLEY, OF MACOUPIN, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,086, dated February6, 1900.

Application filed May 6, 1899. Serial No. 715,784. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES OURLEY, of Macoupin, in the county of Macoupinand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus forDistributing Air, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple and effectiveapparatus for distributing air adapted for application to vehicles andto so construct the apparatus that air may be drawn from a pure sourceand delivered directly to variouspoints where it is required, meansbeing provided for regulating the supply.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of thecharacter described so constructed that when applied to a vehicle notonly will the occupants of the vehicle be benefited, but also the animalor animals attached to said vehicle.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a vehicle having theimprovement applied thereto, the section being taken practically on theline 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the vehicle .to which the apparatus isapplied in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectionthrough the vehicle and applied apparatus, the section being on the line3 3 of Fig. 1.

A represents a vehicle of any approved construction, mounted uponsuitable wheels B, and an inwardly-toothed ring-gear is preferablysecured to the hub of one of the rear wheels B, the teeth of the gear 10being engaged bya pinion 11, which pinion is mounted to slide upon andyet revolve a shaft 12, said shaft being mounted in hangers 13,supported by the rear axle 13, as shown in Fig. 3, and the pinion 11 isprovided with a suitable shifting-lever 14, whereby it may be carriedinto or out of gear with said driving-gear 10. The shaft 12 likewiseextends through and turns in a fan-casing 15, which fan-casing iscarried up to'and through the bottom of the vehicle, as shown in Figs. 1and 3, and within the casing a fan 16, of any desired type,is secured onthe shaft 12, while at the inner end of the shaft 12 apulley 17 issecured.

The fan-casing is usually made to connect directly with a storagedruin18, located in the body of the wagon, beneath the rear seat thereof, asshown best in Fig. 1. The connection between the casing 15 and drum 18is such that the casing may slide in an extension from the drum, so thatsaid connection will not be alfected by the'movement of the body of thevehicle. A supply-pipe19 is carried from said storage-drum to aconnection with a cross-pipe 20, located at the bottom of the body ofthe vehicle, near its center, and the ends of the crosspipe 20 areconnected with upright pipes 21, and these upright pipes at theirupperends are connected with branch pipes 22, and said branch pipes areclosed at their ends and provided with apertures 23, particularly upontheir inner faces. The apertured portions of the pipes are usually inthe near vicinity of the sides of the vehicle, so that the currents ofair created by the fan will be directed from each side of the vehicletoward the center, enabling the supply of air to be enjoyed by all theoccupants of the vehicle no matter where seated. Other pipes 24 connectwith the cross-pipe 20, and these pipes 21 extend out through the frontboard of the vehicle-body at the rear of the team and serve to keep theteam cool and in good condition while traveling.

It will be understood that all the pipes are provided with suitablevalves, so that the supply of air to any particular pipe or'pipes may beturned on or cut off, as occasion may demand.

Hangers 25 are projected downward from the bottom of the vehicle-body,at its front, as shown best in Fig. 2, and in these hangers a shaft 26is journaled, having attached thereto two pulleys 27 and 28, the pulley27 having a belt connection 27 with the pulley 17 on the driven shaft12. The pulley 28 is connected by a belt 29 with a pulley 30, the latterpulley being mounted on the shaft 31, journaled in uprights 32 at thefront of the body and extending above the dashboard thereof, and theshaft 31 is provided at eachcnd with a crank-arm 33, as is shown best inFigs. 1 and 2.

In order that the animals attached to the vehicle may be protected fromthe annoyance of flies or other insects and also that their bodies maybe kept as cool as possible, I provide a fanning-frame O. Thisfanning-frame consists of a series of arched bars 34, connected at theirbottoms by side bars 34, as shown in Fig. 1, and between the arched barsof the fanningframe series of arched braces 35 are arranged in pairs andconnected with said bars 34:, the braces of each pair meeting at thecentral longitudinal portion of the frame, being connected by an eye 36,and the longitudinally-alining braces 35 are connected near their upperportions by cross -bars 35, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The eyes 36 ofthe braces 35 have a pivotal connection with uprights 37, attached tothe tongue or pole 38, so that the fanning-frame is capable of alaterally-rocking movement, and this frame may be covered with gauze andmay be provided with pendants adapted to act as fans, the

gauze and pendants not being shown in the drawings. Arms 39 areprojected upwardly and in direction of the longitudinal center of thefanning-frame, and these arms 39 are connected by links 40 with thecrank-arms 33 of the shaft 31, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and saidcrank-shaft imparts to the fan hing-frame its rocking movement.

Thus it will be observed that when the vehicle is occupied, as abovedescribed, currents of fresh air will be supplied not only to theoccupants of the vehicle, but also to the animals drawing said vehicle,and at the same time the bodies of the animals are protected from theirritation of insects or objects floating in the air.

The device can be applied with great advantage to passenger-coaches,street-cars, and other vehicles of similar type.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with the body and running-gear of avehicle, a gear secured to a supporting-wheel of the running-gear, ashaft driven from the said gear, a fan-casing in which a portion of theshaft is jourhaled, and a fan located on said shaft within the casing,of a reservoir on the body of the vehicle, a supply-pipe extending fromthe reservoir and having a sliding connection with the fan-casing, pipesconnected with the reservoir and extending along the bottom of thevehiclebody out through the dashboard, the outer ends of the pipes beingopen, whereby a current of air is secured to the team, upright pipeslikewise connected with the reservoir, and lateral branches at the upperportion of the upright pipes, which lateral branches are closed at theirends and provided with valves and with apertures in their inner faces,as and for the purpose specified.

JAMES OURLEY.

Witnesses:

THOMAS E. MOORE, WILLIAM H. STEWARD.

